hi! I've wondered if the optics library can be implemented with a compiler plugin instead of actual ...

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[carbaj0]

hi! I've wondered if the optics library can be implemented with a compiler plugin instead of actual code generation. If this was possible, what pros and cons have over the current implementation

[simon.vergauwen]

Hey @carbaj0,

It’s currently ported to a plugin, but it remained at is.
I’m very interested in making this more lightweight, but I’m not sure how yet.

I think ideally the functions are available, but they don’t really exist. I guess for this we’d need to have special IDEA support for not having it being turned into a RED error line because the IDEA cannot find the code.

So I think this is blocked until Kotlin has official support for compiler plugins with IDEA support.

[carbaj0]

would it be something similar to the copy() or toString() functions of a data class?

[simon.vergauwen]

Yes, that’s exactly the goal.

[carbaj0]

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